Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Sugar Industry Collapse in Cuba

Cuba exported 8 million tons of sugar in 1989. Today, it must import more than it produces, which is unprecedented for the island.

Only a day before, he was a welding foreman, a husband and father of four who lived on a family farm in Sturgis, Mississippi.

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of El Guerrero, Opinión Ciudadana founder and editor José Carlos González.

Today’s featured artists are Natalia Lafourcade and the Hermanos Gutierrez from Mexico with “Luna Creciente” premiered on April 24, 2025.

We were all there at our chosen spots for selling – the ones we grabbed, then said: “This is my spot and I want to work here.”

The power outages complicate the pumping of water, so that the population has been without tap water for several weeks.

These days, among the people you pass on the street, it’s inevitable to make some reference to the intensity of the temperatures.

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, May 23, 2025.

Warda Jabir Hussain from Canada took our photo of the day: “Echoes of Home”, in Ontario, Canada

The Cuban government and its “just revolution” once promised a country without beggars as a symbol of social justice.